{"id":323552,"date":"2026-06-29T17:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323552\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:32:09","slug":"comcast-outage-disrupts-phone-service-affects-911-calls-in-st-lucie-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323552\/","title":{"rendered":"Comcast outage disrupts phone service, affects 911 calls in St. Lucie County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A widespread <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Comcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Comcast <\/a>outage is disrupting phone service across<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/St.%20Lucie%20County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> St. Lucie County<\/a> on Monday, potentially preventing residents from placing calls, including emergency calls to 911, local officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The St. Lucie County Public Safety Department confirmed it was notified of the issue, which is affecting customers throughout the county. The outage has created concerns for emergency response access, as residents may experience difficulty dialing out from their phones.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement agencies, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Fort%20Pierce%20Police%20Department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fort Pierce Police Department <\/a>and the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/St.%20Lucie%20County%20Sheriff&#039;s%20Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>, shared alerts warning the public about the service disruption and urging residents to use alternative methods if they are unable to reach emergency services through traditional phone calls.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said Comcast technicians are actively working to resolve the issue, though no timeline for full restoration was announced.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/florida-news-governor-ron-desantis-signs-1176-billion-budget-after-16-billion-in-vetoes-touts-tax-relief-education-teacher-pay-transportation-funding-school-safety-everglades-restoration-savings-reserves-tax-holiday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> DeSantis signs $117.6 billion budget after $1.6 billion in vetoes, touts tax relief<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, residents who are experiencing an emergency and cannot connect to 911 by phone are being urged to use the county\u2019s Text-to-911 service. To use the service, individuals should send a text message to \u201c911,\u201d clearly state their location, and describe the emergency. Authorities emphasized that messages should avoid abbreviations or emojis to ensure clarity for dispatchers.<\/p>\n<p>As another option, residents can call the St. Lucie County 911 Center\u2019s administrative line at 772-465-5770.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency management officials stressed the importance of having backup communication methods available during outages, especially in situations where immediate assistance may be needed.<\/p>\n<p>Updates are expected as Comcast continues repair efforts to restore full service across the impacted areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A widespread Comcast outage is disrupting phone service across St. Lucie County&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-323552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}